Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Judge upholds Presidential Records Act

Government Declines to Appeal Ruling Opening Up Presidential Records
This week, the Bush administration decided not to appeal a federal district court judge’s decision that invalidated a crucial section of Executive Order (EO) 13233, which broadened the rights of presidents and former-presidents to withhold federal records from the public for indefinite periods of time.

On October 1, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly gave historians and researchers a partial, but significant victory in a lawsuit questioning the legality of the Executive Order. The judge struck down the section of the EO that allows a former president to indefinitely delay the release of their records.


The records management systems developed to comply with federal requirements drive the rest of the industry.

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